NARCISSUS.] AMARYLLIDE+E. S65 



crown, filaments free or adnate to the tube ; anthers versatile. Ovary 



3-gonous ; style filiform, stigma obtuse. Capsule coriaceous. Seeds 



globose, testa smooth, rough when dry. DISTRIB. Europe, N. and W. 



Asia ; species about 30. ETYM. Mythological. 



1. N. Pseudo-narcis'sus, L. ; leaves nearly flat, flower solitary 



yellow campanulate, crown campanulate as long as the perianth-segments, 



margin crisped obscurely 6-lobed. Daffodil, Lent Lily. 



Copses and moist woods throughout England, local ; naturalized in Scot- 

 land and Ireland ; fl. March-April. Bulb 1 in., outer scales membranous. 

 Leaves glaucous, obtuse. Scape 6-10 in. Flower primrose-yellow, 2 in. ; 

 pedicel short. Perianth-lobes acute. Capsule turbiiiate. DISTRIB. Europe 

 from Gothland southwards.- 



VAR. 1, Pseudo-narcissus proper ; leaves slightly glaucous, perianth-segments 

 oblong-lanceolata pale yellow, crown bright yellow with 6 rectangular 

 lobes. VAR. 2, Bromjield' ii, Syme ; leaves very glaucous, perianth-segments 

 broader bright yellow, crown with 6 rounded lobes. The cultivated form. 

 N. IHFLO'RUS, L. ; leaves keeled, flowers 1-3 yellow salver-shaped, 



crown short concave membranous. 



Naturalized in England, Scotland, and Ireland, in copses and woods ; fl. 

 April-May. Bulb 1-lg in., outer scales membranous. Leaves very long, 

 10-18 in., hardly glaucous, obtuse. Scape as long, acutely 2-edged. Perianth 

 1^ in. diam., white or pale straw-coloured, pedicel slender ; tube 1 in., 

 slender; segm3nts broadly ovate, obtuse; crown pale yellow. DISTRIB. 

 France, Tyrol, Italy, N. Africa ? 



2. GALANTHUS, L. SNOWDROP. 



Flowers solitary, pendulous, white ; spathe membranous. Leaves 2, 

 linear. Scape compressed. Perianth campanulate ; sepals spreading; 

 petals small, erect, notched. Stamens 6, epigynous ; anthers pointed, con- 

 niveut, pores 2 terminal. Ovary ovoid ; style subulate, stigma simple. 

 Capsule ovoid, herbaceous. Seeds few, subglobose, testa soft white. DIS- 

 TRIB. Europe ; species 2. ETYM. yd\a, milk, and avBos, flower. 



1. G. niva'lis, L. ; leaves glaucous keeled. 



Meadows and copses, frequently naturalized in England and Scotland, hardly 

 in Ireland, possibly wild in Hereford and Denbigh ; fl. Jan. -March. Bulb 

 J in., ovoid. Leaves 6-10 in., obtuse. Scape longer, prostrate in fruit ; 

 spathe 2-fil, 2-nerved ; pedicel slender. Flower 1 in. ; sspals obovate, con- 

 cave ; petals white, with a double green spot below the tip. DISTRIB. 

 Europe from Holland southwards, W. Asia. 



3. LEUCOJ'UM, L. SNOW-FLAKE. 



Characters of Godanthus, but leaves numerous ; spathes 2, free or connate, 

 1-6-llowerecl ; sepals and petals subequal ; anthers obtuse, opening by slits ; 

 style clavate ; testa crustaceous or fleshy. DISTRIB. Chiefly European ; 

 species 9. ETYM. \evnjs, white, and tov, a violet. 



1. Ii. sesti'vum, L. ; leaves hibernal, flowers sestival, scape 2-6-fid. 

 Wet meadows, from Oxford and Suffolk to Kent and Devon ; apparently wild 



by the Thumbs from Reading to the Isle of Dogs; a denizen, Watson; 



fl. May. ISulblm. Leaves 12-1 8 in., obtuse, subglaucous. (Scope as long, 



